DRK Testing After (6/21/2010) Update.

Occult Acumen in-game description: Grants bonus TP when dealing damage with elemental or dark magic.

Just some testing on "Occult Acumen" Job trait:

Testing was done as 75drk/37nin.

Target: lesser Colibri

Dark magic skill: 320

Drain 1: keeps giving 1 TP return

Drain 2: Keeps giving 2 TP returns

Stone 1: gave zero TP

Stone 2: gave 1 TP

Bio 1: gave zero TP

Bio 2: gave 2 TP

Thunder: gave me 2 TP

Thunder 2: gave me 5 TP

Nice to see that it is as worthless as we all suspected.

Thunder 2 gave me 5 TP... ( - _-);

Yeah I hadn't tested Thunder 2, just did now... I can confirm what Ichrius just said. (I'll put that in the OP as well... )

Thunder 2: gave me 5 TP too.

Is store tp a factor in this?

Not very exciting <.<

I mean, I suppose this is better than zero TP for doing dmg with spells...but yeah...

Small TP returns are small.

Manifestation Drain2 GOGOGOGOGOGO >:O

what level mobs was they tested on ?

I got same with too weak mobs outside jueno. Anyone getting different results on harder mobs ?

I tested on EP lesser colibris outside WG, like it says in the OP.

I also tested 1 Drain1 in East Rounfaure {S}, on a too weak rabbit.

I got 1 TP return on that Drain too.

tough marid i got 5 tp for drain 2. i also got 3 tp for the same spell same mob. i think it varies sometimes

292 Skill I got Herc. Slash
297 Scythe, nothing.

Took off Prudence Torque, WS went away.
LS member put on Justice Torque, got the Scythe WS.

Hoping it's just varying skill levels, and not torque related.

EDIT: 270dmg H.Slash -_-; ...scythe is roughly the same.

Well I didn't think it did but to clear any doubt...

I unloaded spellcast so I would stop casting in my dark magic set (320 skill), and then I just casted in TP gear for the StoreTP,Rajas ring, Brutal earring, and I also put in chivalrous chain and askar body too for more StoreTP.

Results: The same TP returns, just like when I casted with full dark magic skill set.

StoreTP doesn't appear to have any effect on the TP returns of spells.

Edit:

That testing of casting the spells with StoreTP gear... I did it as /nin, and like I said...there was no difference between casting with my full dark magic set (320 skill) and casting with STP gear as /nin anyway.

However, I've seen some people report on KI and BG that StoreTP appears to affect the TP returns slightly, with testing done as /sam. (I did my testing as /nin) So I suppose STP may have a slight affect; however, the difference in TP was just about 1 TP higher with /sam than with /nin. And it appears to vary sometimes, so I'm not 100% sure, but yeah...

maybe its 290-295 skill for the WS?

I can confirm this too.

Equipped my Great Sword(with my Idle set which has parade gorget etc), checked WS menu and no new WSs.

Put in my Prudence torque, then checked WS menu..and Herculian Slash GS WS was there.

I tested it once on a Lesser colibri and Herculian Slash did 222 damage.... <.<

Edit:

Also, I had 292 GS skill with Prudence Torque on (I got max scythe and max GS merits too.)

So yeah, I guess you get Herculian slash somewhere between 286-292 skill. My guess is that you probably get it at 290 or 292 skill. I got it at 292 by equipping prudence torque anyway.

LOL

So in Summation, DRK got shafted again.

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prolly like str & int?

Too early to figure out WS mods.

i'ma take a stab out and say
its
str int and magic attack bonus

Got same results on greater colibri at 76. I'm pretty sure (or hopelessly optimistic) they will fix this in one of the 9000+ emergency maintenances incoming. I was kind of pleased to see that the Empyrean weapons were in fact Magian weapons (called it) and that I was 2 trials away from Caladbolg. I honestly can't decide if i should bother or go the easier route for the 466 delay one as those 50 items will undoubtedly be a *** to get.

300 scythe skill (with merits) got me infernal scythe

did 278 dmg add effect lowers targets attack

did this on floor 3 promy mea on IT mob

I think this was concluded a week ago but we got trolled trying to explain it. /sigh

I got 4tp for casting Fire2. Did this 4 times, then on the 5th time, it gave me 2 tp. Is the variance simply random?

Does Infernal Scythe open darkness for cross reaper? Or light for insurgency?

As for being shafted...

Best body still haub, best ws still guilli it seems somethings aren't ready to change.

That's what I'm wondering. I'm wondering about the skillchain elements of all the new weapon skills. Even if they're not the most powerful(quite the opposite from what I hear.)if they have skillchain elements that each job didn't have before, they'll have a place in my opinion.

This is a good thought...I don't play drk much anymore and I certainly don't have a Dark Magic set but maybe Ill run out and Nuke a Pudding tonight.

So Infernal Scythe seems to be MAB/INT and it sucks ***. Testing it on dolls in sky and it did 317 consistently. Boosted damage with absorb-INT by about 10 points and Arcane Circle stacks with it of course.

But does it skillchain?